Armored and burglar-proof car.



Patented Nov. 4i I902.

J FISHER ABMDRED AND BURGLAR PROOF CAR.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ.

JESSE FISHER, VVARDNER, IDAHO.

ARMORED AND BURGLAR-PROOF CAR.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,663, dated November 4, 1902.

Application filed March 27. 1902'. SerialllmlOOBlG. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wardner, in the county of Shoshone and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Armored and Burglar-Proof Cars; and Ido declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v.

The invention relates to tl'lllOl'Gdfid'ld burglar-proof vaults which may be built or placed in mail-cars, express cars, paycars, and

freight-cars, or in banks, stores, factories,

hotels, oflices, and other places where it is desired to set up a defense against robbers.

The objectof the invention is to provide a simple, durable, burglar and bullet proof defense of this character by means of which property may beefiectually guarded without danger of the guards being shot by the bur With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of constructionfcombination, and arrangement of parts,-which will behereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated the invention as being applied to a car, Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 is. a vertical cross-sectional view at right angles to Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes a car, 2 the usual doors, and 3 the windows at the ends of the car.

4 denotes a bullet-proof vault made of bullet-proof metal and of any suitable size. This vault may be secured or located at any desired point in the car and, as shown in the,

accompanying drawings, is secured to the car near one end thereof and is provided with openings 5 in its sides to correspond with the windows of the car, said openings having arranged along the sides thereof guides 6 to receiye the bullet-proof shutter or blind 7. This-blind 7 is provided with port-holes 8, covered by a pivoted shutter 9, which may be raised to permit of the aiming of a rifle through the port-holes and which may be i of the car.

closed, so that when firing through the portholes on one side of the car a robber would be prevented from inserting the muzzle of his rifle through the port-holes on the other side provided with port-holes 10, covered by pivoted shutters 1l,and is provided with ahinged door 12,having pivoted latches l3 and a link 13, pivotally connecting the latches, said latches being adapted to engage keepers 14, secured to the side of the vault, and be re tained in their open position by turn-buttons 15 or in their closed position by turn-buttons 16. It will thus be seen that when the car, building, or room within'which the vault is located is about to be attacked by burglars a person may enter the vault, lock himself within the same, and completely defend the property.

If the vault be placed in a car, I provide means whereby should the burglar enter the car, by the door this door may belockod and held-in that position by the guard within the vault, so that the burglar cannot escape, and whereby when the car reaches a town or city the officersthereof maybe summoned and arrest the burglar. This means consists,preferably, of a steel bar 17, secured by a padlock to each of the doors and extending through thefront wall of the vault and having a notch 18, adapted to engage a stud 19, whereby when said door is closed and the notch of the bar is engaged with the stud it will be locked and the robber thus entrapped.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages ofthe invention willbe readily understood without requiring an extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and details of construction may be made with- The front of the vault is also proof blinds adapted to cover said openings,

, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set said vault being provided with doors, and a my hand in presence of two subscribing Witrod extending through said vault and conmesses. nested-t0 the sliding doors of the car and adapted to be looked from within the vault Witnesses:

to hold said candoors closed, substantially as J OHN H. WEBER, EMMA S. WEBER.

JEssE FISHER.

set forth. 

